Gerhart, Karen M., 1949-

The material culture of death in medieval Japan [electronic resource] / Karen M. Gerhart. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009. - xii, 259 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index.

Introduction -- The rituals of death -- Death in the fourteenth century -- Funerals in the fifteenth century -- The material culture of death -- Objects of separation and containment -- Ritual implements for funerals and memorials -- Portraits of the deceased.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--History--Japan--To 1500.


Electronic books.

BQ5020 / .G47 2009

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